Archive du blog pour Matthieu Ricard
Glimpses from the Roof of the World-3
Prayers flage in Eastern Tibet
Yearly sacred dance festival at Shechen monastery in Eastern Tibet
The Shey Festival in Dolpo, Nepal
Rabjam Rinpoche, the abbot of Shechen Monastery in Nepal, was recently the guest of honor at the Shey Festival, which is held every 12 years in the Dolpo region, in the north west of Nepal.
Only two dozen people live
Glimpses from the Roof of the World-2
Eastern TIbet, July 2012
Glimpses from the Roof of the World-1
‟Golden Milk Lake” located above 13000′ of altitude, west of Kyerkhu in Eastern Tibet. A sacred lake where Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche had a vision of the mandala of Amtitayus appearing on the surface of the lake.
Can More Guns Lead to Less Deaths?
Another tragic mass killing took place in the United States in Colorado. It caused the death of 12 people and wounded 58 others. It happened only 17 miles away from the Columbine High School where 12 students were shot dead
Feeling Alone Among Others
According to the Sherry Turkle, a noted psychologist, writer, and director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self, ‟social” media is, in reality, only a means to enable us to be alone while remaining connected to many other people!
The anti-narcissism cure: using criticism as a teacher
The great Tibetan master Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910-1991) often taught on how to use criticism to improve oneself instead of feeling injured in one’s self-esteem.
‟When you are criticized, accept it as an opportunity to acknowledge your hidden faults and
The Hermit
The vocation of the hermit is often misunderstood. The hermit does not withdraw from the world because he feels rejected, because he can find nothing better to do than wander in the mountains, or because he is unable to assume
How to Deal with Stress
Two hundred young scientists working on research on ‟the embodied mind” attended the recent Mind and Life Summer Institute in Garrison, New York. Professor George Chrousos, a world specialist on stress, outlined the main characteristics of stress.
Quoting Pythagoras, who